A Philadelphia judge Wednesday ordered an immediate trial for abortion clinic doctor Kermit Gosnell, his wife and eight employees on murder, conspiracy and other charges, saying a 300-page grand jury investigation detailing the filthy conditions and brutal practices at the clinic made a preliminary hearing unnecessary.

With Dr. Gosnell appearing in court in a T-shirt and jeans, Judge Renee Cardwell Hughes cited testimony to a grand jury by some 62 witnesses about the conditions at the now-closed Women's Medical Society, where federal investigators say the illegal clinics practices left two women dead and routinely killed late-term babies by creating an incision in their necks and then severing their spines with scissors.

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In Washington, a leading House Republican, Rep. Mike Pence of Indiana, said Wednesday that undercover videotapes that appear to show Planned Parenthood clinic employees offering advice to a faux pimp and services for underage prostitutes are just the latest evidence that Congress needs to cut funding for the organization.

The videos, shot by the anti-abortion group Live Action and released online, apparently show Planned Parenthood clinic workers agreeing to provide confidential services for prostitutes as young as 14. The offer was made to a man and a woman posing on the tapes as a pimp and a prostitute.

In an interview with Americas Morning News, a radio talk-show affiliated with The Washington Times, Mr. Pence said the videos are heartbreaking evidence employees of Planned Parenthood facilitating, essentially, the abuse of a minor and sex-trafficking.

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